William Thomas 'Tom' Jarrett, Jr.

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William Thomas "Tom" Jarrett, Jr., 60, of Pennsylvania Avenue, East Liverpool, was called home to be with his Lord and Savior, suddenly Wednesday, February 16, 2011 at home.

Born in East Liverpool on November 14, 1950, he was a son of Bertha Lampkin Jarrett of Center Township, Pennsylvania, and the late William Thomas Jarrett, Sr. A lifetime East Liverpool resident, he worked at the former Crucible Steel Company and then J&L Steel until retiring six years ago.

He was a member of the Western Beaver High School class of 1969. A veteran of the U.S. Army, he served in Vietnam where he was awarded the Purple Heart.

As an active member of the Second Baptist Church, he was chairman of the Deacon Board and Superintendent of the Sunday school. He also served on the Family Recovery Center Board of Trustees as well as the board of the East Liverpool Lions Club. In the 1980s, he was a baseball coach with East Liverpool Area Youth Baseball and he coached in the former CLAA track club.

He was also president of the East Liverpool- Wellsville Chapter of the NAACP and a long-time advocate for community involvement, preservation of black history and political engagement in the area.

His wife survives, Rhonda Hayes Jarrett, whom he married July 14, 1975.

Two children survive: a daughter Vala Jarrett of East Liverpool and a son William T. "BJ" Jarrett, III, and his wife Jacqueline, of Columbia, Maryland. He will be sadly missed by his twelve grandchildren who affectionately called him "Pop Pop": Ashley, Deja, Aleta, Aven, Ari, Marquis, Monique, Dorian, Dion, Tenille, Mikyla and Kasim.

Other survivors include two sisters, Carolyn Sue Jarrett and Gloria Jarrett, both of Center Township, and two brothers, Tyrone Jarrett, and his companion Narcissa, of Midland and Dennis Jarrett, and his wife Diana, of Suffolk, Virginia.

He was a loving uncle to many nieces and nephews.

In addition to his father, he was preceded in death by a son, Aven Dion Jarrett and a brother James Edward Jarrett.

Friends may visit at the DAWSON FUNERAL HOME, 215 West Fifth St., East Liverpool, Ohio, Sunday where the family will be present from 2 to 8 p.m. Pastor Ernest E. Peachey, Sr., of the Second Baptist Church, is to conduct the funeral service Monday at 11 a.m. at the funeral home.

Burial is to be at Spring Grove Cemetery, where the Tri-State Veterans Burial Group will conduct full military honors.

Following the service, family and friends will gather at the Second Baptist Church for a meal and continued remembrance.

View this obituary and send condolences online at www.dawsonfuneralhome.com.

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